About Perfume Codex — An Independent Fragrance Reference

Perfume Codex exists because the questions collectors actually ask are answered badly elsewhere. Which batch is this? Has it been reformulated? Is this a fair price for a discontinued bottle? Meanwhile the fragrance information that is widely published is shaped by advertising, affiliate revenue and ratings with no stated methodology.

What this site is

A structured database of 2039 fragrances from 205 houses, covering 840 individual notes and 63 accords. Every entry is assembled from the same set of fields, so entries are comparable with each other rather than being individually-written marketing copy.

What we publish

Structured reference data for each fragrance: note pyramid split by top, heart and base; weighted accord profile; concentration; release year; perfumer credit where known.
Cross-references that work in both directions. A note page lists every fragrance that uses it and in which layer; an accord page ranks every fragrance by how strongly that accord dominates; a perfumer page shows everything they composed here.
Batch code documentation — how to read the code on a bottle, with sources and a confidence level.
Market observations — indicative price ranges from public listings, with sample size and method stated rather than implied.

Independence, disclosed

The editor buys and sells vintage and discontinued fragrance commercially. That is stated here deliberately, because it is the obvious conflict of interest in this subject. The mitigation is structural rather than a promise: there is no advertising inventory on this site, no affiliate links on fragrance entries, and no route by which a brand can pay for inclusion or removal.

Tiffany Rose Gold bottle photographed from our own stock, batch code KGIT1N25 — Tiffany Rose GoldPhotographed from our own stock.batch KGIT1N25

Chanel Sycomore Parfum bottle photographed from our own stock, batch code -0 5FLOZ — Chanel Sycomore ParfumPhotographed from our own stock.batch -0 5FLOZ

Yves Saint Laurent Trench bottle photographed from our own stock, batch code CI 42090 — Yves Saint Laurent TrenchPhotographed from our own stock.batch CI 42090

Balenciaga Prelude bottle photographed from our own stock, batch code DV aP0e — Balenciaga PreludePhotographed from our own stock.batch DV aP0e

Atelier Cologne Vanille Insensée bottle photographed from our own stock, batch code 62560AD — Atelier Cologne Vanille InsenséePhotographed from our own stock.batch 62560AD

Jo Malone Lime Basil & Mandarin bottle photographed from our own stock, batch code W1U SHQ — Jo Malone Lime Basil & MandarinPhotographed from our own stock.batch W1U SHQ

Every photograph above is of a bottle we have actually handled. Nothing here is a supplier or brand image.